Texas A&M downs Mississippi State in a thriller to win SEC Women's Championship

April 16, 2023 | by Jim Young of AmateurGolf.com

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Zoe Slaughter delivers the championship point on the 21st hole to hand the Aggies their first conference title since 2015

The Southeastern Conference women's golf championships were not for the faint of heart, especially if you were Texas A&M head coach Gerrod Chadwell.

After Blanca Fernández García-Poggio rallied from three down with six holes remaining to defeat South Carolina's Mathilde Claisse on the 23rd hole on Saturday to send Texas A&M into the championship match against Mississippi State, which defeated Vanderbilt and top-seeded LSU to reach the finals, what the Aggies had left in the tank come Sunday morning was anybody's guess.

The answer was plenty.

The #SECWGolf Championship trophy is coming home! 🏆👍#GigEm pic.twitter.com/aJeMuPWxz4
— Texas A&M Women’s Golf (@aggiewomensgolf) April 16, 2023

Wins by Jennie Park and Hailee Cooper accounted for the first two points for the Aggies, which were playing in their first-ever conference title match. Abbey Daniel and SEC individual champion Julia Lopez Ramirez answered for Mississippi State to squad the match, 2-2.

All eyes then turned to the match between Texas A&M's Zoe Slaughter and Surapa Janthamunee of Mississippi State.

Slaughter was 3 up in the match through seven holes, but Janthamunee won holes 8 and 14 to pull to within one and tied the match with a birdie on 17.

The two players then halved the next three holes before Slaughter delivered the championship point with a two-foot par putt on the 21st hole to hand the Aggies their first conference title since 2015.

Results: SEC Women's Championship

Place	Player	Location	Pts	Scores
1	Julia Lopez Ramirez	, Spain	800	69-75-68=212
2	Megan Schofill	Monticello, FL	500	70-69-74=213
3	Aine Donegan	, Ireland	400	72-71-71=214
T4	Ingrid Lindblad	, Sweden	400	73-72-71=216
T4	Marina Escobar	, Spain	400	71-72-73=216